These are low-cost airline websites and reservations numbers for UK travellers.
(When is an airline not an airline? Sometimes operators using chartered aircraft promote themselves as if they are a no-frills airline. For us, an 'airline' is only an airline if it has its name painted on the fuselage.) |
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| Aer Arann Express |
00 353 1 814 5250 |
Low cost flights from Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Luton, Manchester & Southampton to Cork, Galway & Waterford. |
| Air Berlin |
0870 738 88 80 |
Europe's third largest low-cost-carrier was voted one of the top three European short haul airlines, in the Observer/Guardian annual travel industry awards, May 2004. In the UK, Air Berlin operates out of Stansted to 12 cities in Spain, six in Germany as well as to Budapest, Milan, Vienna and Zurich. It offers low-cost prices but complimentary service includes seat reservation at check-in as well as a snack, drinks and a newspaper available on the flight. |
| Air Luxor Lite |
n/a |
Low-cost arm of Air Luxor operating a single route from the UK: Gatwick-Lisbon (Portugal). |
| Air Scotland |
0141 222 2363 |
Scottish low-cost carrier flying to mostly holiday destinations in Spain, Portugal and the Canaries. |
| Air Wales |
0870 5448259 |
Low-cost flights from Swansea Airport to Cork, Dublin and London City and from Cardiff Airport to Cork, Dublin and London City. Air Wales has also recently taken over the former BA routes from Plymouth Airport to Dublin and Cork. |
| AtlasJet |
00 90216 444 3387 |
Low-cost Turkish airline flying to Istanbul from Stansted. |
| Basiq Air |
020 7365 4997 |
Dutch low-cost airline (part of Transavia) flying from Stansted to Transavia's hub at Schiphol. |
| Blue 1 |
0870 60 727 727 |
Finnish carrier that launched a low-cost service between Stansted & Helsinki in March 06. Part of the SAS group. |
| bmi Baby |
0870 264 2229 |
Low-cost subsidiary of bmi British Midland. |
| Clickair |
00 800 254 25247 |
Spanish low-cost airline (based in Barcelona) launched in 2006. They fly from Gatwick to Seville, Bilbao & Vigo, from Heathrow to La Corunna & Valencia, and from Edinburgh to Barcelona. Clickair operates a 24-strong fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft. |
| easyJet |
0870 6000 000 |
The original UK low-cost airline |
| FlyMe |
+46 (0)770 790 790 |
Swedish low-fare airline based in Gothenburg with regional network in Scandinavia and, from 30 March 06, routes to 11 European destinations including Stansted. |
| FlyBe |
0870 567 6676 |
Once Jersey European Airways (JEA), then British European (BE), now re-invented as a regional low-cost carrier. |
| FlyGlobespan |
08705 561522 |
No frills airline launched Nov 2002 by the Globespan Group (travel agents and tour operator to Canada) operating scheduled services from Glasgow Prestwick International airport to Palma, Nice, Rome and Malaga |
| GermanWings |
020 8321 7255 |
Low cost German airline flying from stansted to Cologne/Bonn |
| Hapag Lloyd Express |
0870 606 0519 |
German low-cost airline with the same parent company as Thomson Holidays, operating to 20 European destinations from Hanover, Cologne/Bonn and Stuttgart. |
| Helvetic |
020 7026 3464 |
Swiss budget airline flying from Luton to Zurich, where it connects to a network serving 18 European destinations. |
| Iceland Express |
0870 8500 737 |
Low fares carrier operating daily scheduled flights between Iceland, Denmark and the UK. |
| Jet2 |
0871 226 1737 |
Low cost airline operating to 16 European destinations from Leeds Bradford, 16 from Manchester, five from Belfast International and two from Newcastle. |
| Meridiana |
020 7839 2222 |
Italian airline flying from London to Florence, and Olbia on Sardinia |
| NIKI |
n/a |
Austrian low-cost airline set up in 2003 by Niki Lauda having sold his previous airline to Austrian Airlines. NIKI is a partner of Air Berlin and operates flights to the UK (Stansted-Vienna) under AB flight numbers. |
| Norwegian.no |
n/a |
Low-cost Norwegian airline flying into Stansted |
| Oasis Hong Kong Airlines |
0844 482 2323 |
Low-cost long-haul airline, launching non-stop services between Gatwick and Hong Kong on 26th October 2006 with fares starting at £75 plus tax, one way. |
| RockHopper |
01481 824567 |
Small airline run by a private company on the Channel Islands, flying 18-seat Britten Norman Trilander aircraft. |
| Ryanair |
0871 246 0000 |
One of the two big players in the UK/Eire low-cost airline business |
| ScotAirways |
0870 6060 707 |
Low-cost flight between Dundee, Edinburgh, London City, Southampton & Amsterdam. |
| SkyEurope |
020 7365 0365 |
Low-cost Central European airline flying from London to its bases in Bratislava, Budapest, Warsaw & Krakow. Onward connections to a network of 73 routes to 37 destinations in 19 European countries. |
| SmartWings |
+420 255 700 827 |
Low-cost Czech airline flying from Gatwick to Prague. |
| Swe Fly |
0870 811 2429 |
Swedish airline flying low-cost scheduled services from Luton to Pakistan via Sweden. |
| ThompsonFly |
0870 1900 737 |
Thompson Holidays' no-frills airline, launched in spring 2004. Their network covers 20 European cities from Coventry, Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield and Bournemouth Airports. |
| Wizz Air |
00 48 22 500 9499 |
Polish low-cost airline launched May 2004 with services from Katowice in southern Poland near Krakow to Berlin, Rome, Milan and London Luton. They plan to add Gdansk in northern Poland and Budapest Ferihegy airport in Hungary on 24 June. |
| Zoom Airlines |
0870 240 0055 |
To read some business travel columns (in 2007) you'd think this Canadian budget airline had only just launched. We've had them listed here since July 03 when they began operating transatlantic charter flights between the UK & Canada. These quickly became scheduled services from Gatwick, Stansted & Glasgow (and Paris) to Vancouver, Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, & Calgary, and now include London to New York & Bermuda. |
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